Course Number: ARC 222 Year: 2nd Year Track: Technology Credit Hours: 3 Semester(s): Spring Prerequisites: ARC 221 or permission of instructor
Instructor(s): Christopher TrumbleNader Chalfoun
Course Description:
This is a two-module course organized as follows: Module 1: The study and design of structural elements through the concepts of force, form, material and connection; the computational analysis of simple trusses utilizing method-of-joints Module 2: Fundamentals of luminous, thermal and acoustic environmental control systems including daylight, solar geometry, solar physics, human thermal comfort and climatic design
Objectives Module 1: 1. Ability to analyze and diagram basic stresses in structural elements 2. Ability to design a simple span structure 3. Understanding of structure in terms of force, form, material and connection 4. Ability to analyze simple trussesand truss-like elements using method-of-joints
Module 2: 1. Understanding of the principles of sustainability in design decisions that conserve the natural world 2. Awareness of fundamentals of the physical and environmental systems such as light and daylight, solar energy and geometry, climate, comfort, and acoustics 3. Understanding of the theories and methods that clarify the relationships between human behavior and human thermal comfort and the physical environment through proper climatic design response 4. Ability to analyze and evaluate the success of designs through model testing, computer simulation and empirical analysis in the fulfillment of programmatic, technical, contextual and aesthetic objectives.
Course Structure & Topics Module 1: Lectures will present the social implications of architectural technology, the principles and concepts of structural behavior in terms of force - form - material - connection, the analysis and diagramming of simple trusses using the method-of-joints and the critical review of the laboratory projects. Laboratory sessions will be used for the critique and development of empirical laboratory projects and the collective testing of physical models. The laboratory project requires students to explore structural behavior through the iterative development of an abstract structural design.
Module 2: This module emphasizes human perception aspects of the three environments: luminous, thermal, and acoustic. Important topics of light as a source of energy, solar geometry and solar radiation physics, climate and microclimate design, human thermal comfort, and noise control in outdoor spaces will be introduced and investigated. Methods of assessing human visual, thermal and hearing comfort levels will rely on physical model testing, computer simulation methods and empirical analysis and calculation methods.
Course Requirements Students must complete all projects, homework assignments, quizzes and examinations as defined in this syllabus.
